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Narrative and the Cultural Construction of Illness and Healing - Mattingly, Cheryl, PhD (Editor), and Garro, Linda C (Editor)
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"A valuable collection. . . . The essays in the volume are all fresh, the result of recent work, and the opening chapter by Garro and Mattingly places the current trend in narrative analysis in historical context, explaining its diverse origins (and constructs) in a range of disciplines."--Shirley Lindenbaum, author of "Kuru Sorcery" "A good place to consult the narrative turn in medical anthropology. Thick with the richness and diversity and stubborn resistance to interpretations of human stories of illness. An ...

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Narrative and the Cultural Construction of Illness and Healing 2001, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA

ISBN-13: 9780520218253

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Narrative and the Cultural Construction of Illness and Healing 2001, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA

ISBN-13: 9780520218246

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